340 Till'! GR0I8E OF TIIF. 'GUHAQOA: 



rurelii.';uls jiitil lu'luw the Ikhmis, a brttcr |)laii, Niys M. 

 Boutaii, tliaii yukiiiL! lliciii iiji wlnii il was iidl lur iiiiy 

 lengtli 111 tiiuL', as ill lijii^ ( iMiliiiunus woik. The oxen, 

 liowi'vcr, were icstiii^ a little and |paiiliiiL: away as if tlicy 

 (lid iiul liiid it vciy easy wxuk. Tiir land si'<.'iiK'd pre'lly 

 still, with a clay subsoil. 



The garden and |ilanlalii)n |iail is a, y^nm] ^izcd |piccc of 

 ground, very lr\cl, linl on a slij^lil incTnii-. On the edi^a- ol" 

 il, looking towards roii-ik'-l''ranct', tlu'ic is a deep LTully, 

 down which sonic linica^o, dining tlii' rains, tlii' water had 

 descended like a nioiinlani loricnl, as it really was, eiiliix'ly 

 overllowing the ground in thai place, washing a good ileal 

 uf soil and vegetalion away, and t'overing the land with 

 stones. This has been all ivarrunged, and in order to 

 ])revent, if possible, a. siinilai- occurrence, a bank has been 

 ihrovvn up along the side of the gidly. 



M. I'lOutan slunved lis some eollee trees wliicli had not 

 been j)hinted more than eighteen months or two years, that 

 were covered with an amount ol' bloom which Mr. Veitch 

 ■said he had never seen eijualled in any other jilace. I was 

 told that the coflije berry was very fine, and that the soil 

 and climate were well adapted Ibr the cultivation of colTee. 

 Everything appeared to llourish in the garden ; vegetajjles 

 of many kinds showed vigorous growth, and some 

 European fruit trees that had been planted there, also 

 lookeil as if tliey would do Avell. The Government 

 allows tin; Director oidy 9,000 fiancs a year for the farm, 

 of which he has to return to the Goveriuiient between ,3,000 



